1918 New York Giants season

1918 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Harry Hempstead
Managers	John McGraw
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The 1918 New York Giants season was the franchise's 36th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 71–53 record, 10½ games behind the Chicago Cubs.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	84	45	0.651	—	49–25	35–20
New York Giants	71	53	0.573	10½	35–21	36–32
Cincinnati Reds	68	60	0.531	15½	46–24	22–36
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	60	0.520	17	42–28	23–32
Brooklyn Robins	57	69	0.452	25½	33–21	24–48
Philadelphia Phillies	55	68	0.447	26	27–29	28–39
Boston Braves	53	71	0.427	28½	23–29	30–42
St. Louis Cardinals	51	78	0.395	33	32–40	19–38

Record vs. opponents

1918 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	8–6	5–14	10–8	1–15	7–12	10–9	12–7
Brooklyn	6–8	—	10–9	6–12	8–12	9–8	10–9	8–11
Chicago	14–5	9–10	—	10–7–1	14–6	12–6	10–8–1	15–3
Cincinnati	8–10	12–6	7–10–1	—	12–7	12–7	4–12	13–8
New York	15–1	12–8	6–14	7–12	—	10–3	8–11	13–4
Philadelphia	12–7	8–9	6–12	7–12	3–10	—	11–7	8–11–2
Pittsburgh	9–10	9–10	8–10–1	12–4	11–8	7–11	—	9–7
St. Louis	7–12	11–8	3–15	8–13	4–13	11–8–2	7–9	—

Roster

1918 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Fred Anderson Jesse Barnes Rube Benton Red Causey Al Demaree Waite Hoyt Jack Ogden Pol Perritt George Ross Slim Sallee Ferdie Schupp George Smith Bob Steele Jeff Tesreau Fred Toney		Catchers George Gibson Lew McCarty Bill Rariden Infielders Larry Doyle Art Fletcher Walter Holke Jay Kirke Bert Niehoff José Rodríguez Ed Sicking Heinie Zimmerman		Outfielders George Burns Pete Compton Benny Kauff Jim Thorpe Joe Wilhoit Ross Youngs		Manager John McGraw

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Lew McCarty	86	257	69	.268	0	24
1B	Walter Holke	88	326	82	.252	1	27
2B	Larry Doyle	75	257	67	.261	3	36
SS	Art Fletcher	124	468	123	.263	0	47
3B	Heinie Zimmerman	121	463	126	.272	1	56
OF	George Burns	119	465	135	.290	4	51
OF	Ross Youngs	121	474	143	.302	1	25
OF	Benny Kauff	67	270	85	.315	2	39

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Bill Rariden	69	183	41	.224	0	17
Joe Wilhoit	64	135	37	.274	0	15
Ed Sicking	46	132	33	.250	0	12
José Rodríguez	50	125	20	.160	0	15
Jim Thorpe	58	113	28	.248	1	11
Pete Compton	21	60	13	.217	0	5
Jay Kirke	17	56	14	.250	0	3
Bert Niehoff	7	23	6	.261	0	1
George Gibson	4	2	1	.500	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Pol Perritt	35	233.0	18	13	2.74	60
Slim Sallee	18	132.0	8	8	2.25	33
Fred Toney	11	85.1	6	2	1.69	19
Jeff Tesreau	12	73.2	4	4	2.32	31
Jesse Barnes	9	54.2	6	1	1.81	12
Rube Benton	3	24.0	1	2	1.88	9

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Red Causey	29	158.1	11	6	2.79	48
Al Demaree	26	142.0	8	6	2.47	39
Fred Anderson	18	70.2	4	2	2.67	24
Bob Steele	12	66.0	3	5	2.59	24
Ferdie Schupp	10	33.1	0	1	7.56	22
George Smith	5	26.2	2	3	4.05	4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jack Ogden	5	0	0	0	3.12	1
George Ross	1	0	0	1	0.00	2
Waite Hoyt	1	0	0	0	0.00	2

References

External links

• 1918 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference